According to the type of applicants the maximum allowable funding intensity for industrial (applied) research and experimental development are listed in the following table:

* Note: An SME is defined in Annex 1 of the Regulation ** Research organisations must satisfy the definition in the Act and the Framework. *** While respecting the maximum permissible funding intensity of 60% per project.

Please note that:

The maximum funding rate on the Czech side of the project is 60% of the total eligible costs (regardless of the number of Czech partners in the project - 1 or more). These 60% represent the maximum that the Czech partners can get in the project from TA CR. At least 40 % of self-financing from non-public resources is required.

Results not to be recognized by the programme manager as a single result of a given project, but only in combination with at least one other result listed in the list of result types above:

H - results reflected in non-legislative directives and regulations binding within the competence of the respective provider and results reflected in the approved strategic and conceptual documents of the state or public administration.

In the proposal the Czech applicant has to specify the type of result(s) which will be achieved.

The aim of the project has to be compliant with the overall aim the funding programme EPSILON - see programme EPSILON

The first possible start day of the project realization is the 1st May 2020. The costs are eligible from the 1st May 2020.

The eligible costs are:

- Personnel

- Other direct costs

- Subcontracting

- Indirect costs (overheads)

Overhead

These costs and expenditures must be recorded in accordance with the methodology for recording real indirect costs, i.e. “flat rate of 25 %” or “full cost model” for all types of beneficiaries.

These specific categories of eligible costs are defined under the Article 17 Terms & Conditions

Investment costs and scholarships are NOT eligible in this joint call.

Geographical coverage (national/regional)

Czech Republic

National/regional schedule, cut-off dates, deadlines

The Czech applicant must fulfill the national rules and prove its eligibility by sending mandatory attachments

- if the applicant plans to achieve the result type “Patent", the “market research including patent research" is requested to be attached.

Documents to prove the eligibility of a Czech partner (applicant) will be accepted via the TA CR data box (ID of TA CR data box: afth9xp) in the same deadline as the consortium application submission date is (the deadline for pre-proposals).